Captains of the Host

Captains of the Host
Author: Arthur Whitefield Spalding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2013-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494122980

This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.

Iceland

Iceland
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: Signal Books
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2007
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781902669892

So begins Sabine Baring-Gould's account of his journey on horseback around Iceland in 1862. Aged twenty-eight, the young writer and teacher was fascinated by the tradition of the Icelandic sagas, and this was the catalyst for his adventure and the book that emerged from it. His voyage took him from the then tiny settlement of Reykjavik through remote and hostile terrain, passing through the empty expanse of Iceland's countryside. He observed mountains and glaciers, volcanoes and geysers, wondering at the wild beauty of the landscape. He also recorded the rich flora and fauna that he saw-and, to his chagrin, that his companions shot.